January 2022: Global Covid News

[hullexile]

I think I would go with this, a controlled version of let it rip with hospitals being the priority indicator.

https://mb.com.ph/2022/01/05/omicron...2HJYG4UWa4X4Ms

[hullexile]

The provisional figures for the Philippines today show a positivity rate of 37% and a likely 18,000 new cases. So that will be 5k, 12k, 18k.

26,000 is the record, but not for long. Probably another week until the hospitals in Manila start struggling.

[MABinPengChau]

Macron vows to "piss off" the unvaccinated, remarks shut down parliamentary debate over bill to make vaccination mandatory:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e-unvaccinated

[sv336]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/b...-pandemic.html

"Covid now appears to present less threat to most vaccinated elderly people than the annual flu does"

[chuckster007]

End of the world is near

[Sage]

So now, unless they are dying, most Aussies with COVID will just stay at home for a while until they feel better.

Good, that's the way it should be.

Australia's problem is not Djokovic, it's that your policies don't adequately address the reality.

Blame a tennis player if you like, it's very shortsighted though.

[bdw]

Djokovic has landed in Melbourne but is being held by border force because of some issue with the supporting documents for his medical exemption.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis...347adfefb176a2

[hullexile]

Djokovic has landed in Melbourne but is being held by border force because of some issue with the supporting documents for his medical exemption.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis...347adfefb176a2

I think that is a taste of what he has to come

[emx]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59889522

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...-over-visa-row

I love the quote from the Guardian article:

The Australian tennis legend Rod Laver said in an interview with the Herald Sun that Djokovic should reveal the reason he was granted a medical exemption. “If he’s got a reason for [the exemption] then … we should know it,” Laver said. “Yes, you’re a great player and you’ve performed and won so many tournaments, so, it can’t be physical. So what is the problem?”

[cookie09]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59889522

Hard to feel sorry for him, what an idiot